Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany

Title
  1. Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany / Steve Sheinkin.
Published by
  1. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
  2. ©2023
Author
  1. Sheinkin, Steve

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Description
  1. xi, 243 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolph (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if death is more likely. Rudi has learned the terrible secret hidden behind the heavily guarded fences of concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe: the methodical mass killing of Jewish prisoners. As trains full of people arrive daily, Rudi knows that the murders won't stop until he reveals the truth to the world--and that each day that passes means more lives are lost. Lives like Rudi's schoolmate Gerta Sidonová. Gerta's family fled from Slovakia to Hungary, where they live under assumed names to hide their Jewish identity. But Hungary is beginning to cave under pressure from German Nazis. Her chances of survival become slimmer by the day. The clock is ticking. As Gerta inches closer to capture, Rudi and his friend Alfred Wetzler begin their crucial steps towards an impossible escape. This is the true story of one of the most famous whistleblowers in the world, and how his death-defying escape helped save over 100,000 lives."--
Alternative title
  1. True story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany
  2. True story of survival and heroism in Nazi Europe
Subject
  1. Vrba, Rudolf > Juvenile literature
  2. Vrbová, Gerta > Juvenile literature
  3. 1939-1945
  4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Europe > Juvenile literature
  5. Jews > Persecutions > Europe > Juvenile literature
  6. Nazi concentration camp escapes > Juvenile literature
  7. Escaped prisoners of war > Juvenile literature
  8. Jews > Persecutions
Genre/Form
  1. Young adult nonfiction.
  2. Juvenile works.
  3. Creative nonfiction.
  4. Biographies.
Contents
  1. Prologue: Leaving home -- Part I: Capture -- Part II: Survival -- Part III: Escape -- Epilogue: The story is the thing.
Call number
  1. JFE 24-573
Note
  1. Cover title: Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heorism in Nazi Europe.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
Audience (note)
  1. 850L
  2. Ages 12-18
  3. Grades 10-12
Awards (note)
  1. Junior Library Guild selection
Author
  1. Sheinkin, Steve, author.
Title
  1. Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany / Steve Sheinkin.
Publisher
  1. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Copyright date
  1. ©2023
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Audience
  1. 850L Lexile.
  2. Ages 12-18 Roaring Brook Press.
  3. Grades 10-12 Roaring Brook Press.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
Awards
  1. Junior Library Guild selection
Chronological term
  1. 1939-1945
LCCN
  1. 2023018607
ISBN
  1. 9781250265722 (hardcover)
  2. 125026572X (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. JFE 24-573
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